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What is the right amount of contemplating?
Socrates famously said, “An Unexamined life is not worth living”. Now that’s all well and good for a guy from 2000 years ago, but did he...
Laura Bailey
Nov 23, 20248 min read


Perfect Days
Perfect Days gets its title from the Lou Reed song and in many ways tried to capture the essence of it. It follows the life of Hirayama...
Laura Bailey
Jul 5, 20242 min read


My 9 Most Visually Stunning Movies of the 21st Century
The Tree of Life The Tree of Life is no modest project; the goal of which is to make you feel the weight of all time and space as it...
Laura Bailey
Apr 28, 20246 min read
Why and How to Be a Digital Minimalist
I would like to start this article by letting you know that digital minimalism, while super cool for many reasons, isn’t necessarily a...
Laura Bailey
Sep 13, 20206 min read


Simple Living Strategies that Help the Environment
For the longest time, I blamed big corporations for the climate crisis. But when I learned about simple living, I realized how much of an...
Laura Bailey
Jul 21, 20203 min read


Why is no one talking about how depressed they are? The Problem of Toxic Positivity
So, perhaps you cringed at this title and thought- "toxic positivity?!- so now millennials are telling me I can’t even be positive, in...
Laura Bailey
Jul 11, 20208 min read


How EQ is becoming the new IQ
What is Emotional Intelligence? In the last 10-20 years there has been a massive flood of neurobiological data on the emotional...
Laura Bailey
Jun 28, 20208 min read


5 Ways to Harness Women Empowerment to Alleviate Poverty
Historians are saying now that the reason Europe developed during the Industrial revolution while the Middle East and Africa lagged...
Laura Bailey
Jun 15, 20205 min read


Which Companies We Can and Cannot Trust: The True Changes Being Made for Climate Change
If you were to put a number on how many companies were contributing to 50% of greenhouse gas emissions since 1988, what would be your...
Laura Bailey
Jun 6, 202010 min read


7 Korean Proverbs That Tell You a Lot About Korean Culture
South Korea has been through a lot. From wars to occupations, from widespread poverty to Hyundai and Samsung. But, somehow for more than...
Laura Bailey
Apr 24, 20206 min read
The Neuroscience Behind How Digital Technology Affects Our Brain, or Maybe Just My Brain
For the first time ever this year I purchased a SIM card while traveling. I’d never done this before, mostly because traveling for me was...
Laura Bailey
Apr 14, 20206 min read
What ever happened to facts? Surviving in a Post-Truth Era
The two most shocking political events of the decade have undoubtedly been the election of Donald Trump and vote for Brexit. Following...
Laura Bailey
Apr 8, 20207 min read


Delving into the Present at a Dog Shelter in Sri Lanka
Everybody loves dogs, right? Dogs are great. So what could possibly be so challenging about spending your time helping out at a dog...
Laura Bailey
Mar 18, 20207 min read


Her, Spike Jonze (2013)
You might first think that Her is high concept film, given the rather curious premise of a man falling in love with a synthetic...
Laura Bailey
Jan 29, 20204 min read


Meeting a Family in Mongolia
I hadn’t had a shot of vodka since university, so while I felt privileged to be welcomed into this Mongolian family’s Ger for some of...
Laura Bailey
Oct 8, 20195 min read


The Essential South Korea Travel Guide
When to go How to get around Where to go Itineraries Must-try experiences What to eat What to spend your money on South Korea is all...
Laura Bailey
Aug 25, 201910 min read


The Essential Indonesia Travel Guide
Indonesia is the largest archipelago country on the planet. It’s no wonder then that it is full of so many different kinds of adventures....
Laura Bailey
Aug 25, 20197 min read


The Essential Mongolia Travel Guide
If you’re considering a trip to Mongolia, but haven’t quite bitten the bullet and decided for sure, then I’m telling you now, go. It is...
Laura Bailey
Aug 23, 20197 min read


Hong Kong: My attempt to out-eat a local at a dim sum restaurant
Tim Ho Wan is the cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant in the world. The Hong Kong dim sum gem can deservedly be found in any tourist...
Laura Bailey
Aug 23, 20195 min read


4 Psychologists that Changed the World
Psychology’s imprint on popular culture has been great but unrealised by the laymen population. The following psychologists are pioneers...
Laura Bailey
Jul 12, 20193 min read
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